In Manila, the 100th year celebration of International Women's Day was marked by protest actions by some 1,500 women activists. Their demand was for our Philippine Congress to pass a comprehensive reproductive health bill and to urge the government to address the rising prices of basic commodities and public transportation.
09 March 2011
In the history of some countries there comes a period when political and factional murder becomes almost routine — Russia at the beginning of the 20th century, Germany and its neighbours in the early 1930s.
07 March 2011
The Archbishop of Canterbury expressed “shock and sorrow” today at the murder of a Catholic Pakistani government minister, saying it increased fears about the security of Christians there.
02 March 2011
Christians have a mission to transform society and this includes transforming the Church, a Malaysian Anglican bishop says.
02 March 2011
After a nine-month break, the sound of hymns at Sunday church service rang out within the walls of the now-refurbished 19th century St George’s Church in Farquhar Street.
28 February 2011
Five members have been elected to the Primates Standing Committee by the Primates at the recent Primates' Meeting in Dublin, Ireland. All have now confirmed they are willing to serve.
16 February 2011
Bishop Duleep de Chickera has voluntarily resigned from the Bishopric of Colombo with effect from the 31st of December 2010.
21 December 2010
Pakistan's first and only female Anglican priest Revd Jane Shaw has warned that persecution of Christians in the country is prompting talented potential future church leaders to settle abroad.
02 December 2010
Church leaders are coming under attack in the Philippines.A lay minister of the Philippine Independent Church (PIC) was shot dead by motorbike-riding assassins while walking home from church.
22 October 2010
A Statement by the Rt. Revd. Duleep de Chickera, the Bishop of Colombo. "Having just returned to the country from travel overseas I wish to express my disapproval and disappointment with the recent sentence and imprisonment of Gen. Sarath Fonseka.
18 October 2010